Town Planning in Ancient India c8.44

c8.44

(4) Forest-fort (vanadurga), *i.e.*, a fort defended by thick jungles on all sides up to a yojana. Its two varieties are ‘khāmjana’ and ‘stambha’. Khāmjana is a fort hemmed in by fens variegated with thickets and thorny shrubs here and there, while a fort environed by a dense jungle of lofty trees and underwoods, destitute of any water, is called ‘stambha’. The latter corresponds to the ‘vārksha’ of Manu.²